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Shooting for doves … and higher education

By Lynn Burkhead
ESPNOutdoors.com associate editor — Aug. 5, 2005

Friday, August 5, 2005

For many wingshooters — particularly those in the Lone Star State — Sept. 1 is a date that's as cherished as just about any other on the year's calendar. The reason, of course, like in many other states, is that it's the opening day of shooting in Texas for the flighty mourning dove — a diminutive gray ghost of a game bird that weighs mere ounces but still has enough supersonic zip to be an ammunition maker's dream. That — plus the thought of a feast of dove breasts surroun ...

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